Use a Grid to Help You Draw: An Easy Method
- Find a colouring picture you would like to draw.
- Print it out or cut it out.
- Fold it in half twice lengthwise.
- Unfold it.
- Fold it in half twice widthwise.
- Unfold it.
- Use a ruler to draw lines along your fold lines.
- Get a plain piece of paper that is the same shape as your picture. (E.g. If your picture is a square, your paper must be a square.)
- Do not fold this paper!
- Instead, use a ruler to find the middle of your paper both lengthwise and widthwise.
- Very very lightly draw lines.
- Use a ruler to divide each section in half again.
- Very very lightly draw lines.
- Now start drawing.
- Look at each little rectangle or square on your original picture.
- Draw it in the corresponding square on your drawing paper.
- Carry on until you are done.
- Then get out your pencil crayons and start colouring.
- Made the side where the light is shining be lighter in colour.
- Blend a blue or purple pencil crayon into the areas where your object would be in the ‘shade’.
- Colour lightly enough that you can blend colours.
Here are some examples drawn by middle school students:
